Jim Barksdale on Johnny Isakson’s support for Donald Trump: ‘Even John McCain...
As the weekend broke, Jim Barksdale, the Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, submitted to 15 minutes of grilling on GPB’s “Political Rewind,” by host Bill Nigut and one of your Insiders. Listen to...
View ArticleReport: No direct link between Donald Trump and Russian government
Seven days before Election Day, one senses that the major news organizations are rushing out their presidential backgrounders. This morning, the New York Times explains how Republican presidential...
View ArticleA new role for Sam Olens in next year’s ‘religious liberty’ fight?
Jeff Graham is executive director of Georgia Equality, the gay-rights organization that has coordinated opposition to “religious liberty” legislation over the last three sessions of the Legislature....
View ArticleSam Olens makes his peace with LGBT students of KSU
We have seen Sam Olens, the Cobb County commission chairman, Olens the Atlanta Regional Commission chairman, and Olens the very Republican attorney general. Metro Atlanta is now a witness to what...
View ArticleJohnny Isakson’s town hall meeting could be a spectacle — or an opportunity
Sen. Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., left, and Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, arrive on Capitol Hill on Thursday. AP/J. Scott Applewhite Eight months into 2017,...
View ArticleFox News poll says U.S. Senate race in Alabama now a dead heat
In this September file photo, former Alabama chief justice and U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore rides in on a horse to vote during the Alabama Senate primary race in Gallant, Ala. AP/Brynn Anderson It’s...
View ArticleOn his big day, polarized politics chases down Sam Olens at KSU
KSU President Sam Olens at commencement exercises in May. HENRY TAYLOR / HENRY.TAYLOR@AJC.COM At Kennesaw State University today, Sam Olens will be formally invested as the institution’s fourth...
View ArticleAnthem-kneeling at KSU is only part of the tale
After the installation of Sam Olens as KSU president, protesters take a knee last week at KSU in support of the Kennesaw State cheerleaders who knelt during the national anthem. AJC/Rebecca Breyer Let...
View ArticleYour copy of AG’s opinion on ‘anthem-kneeling’ at Georgia’s public universities
A handful of cheerleaders take a knee during the national anthem prior to the matchup between Kennesaw State and North Greenville, Saturday, Sept. 30. (Special to AJC/by Cory Hancock) You know the...
View ArticleProminent Dem unloads on party for attacking Norwood
The Democratic Party of Georgia’s decision to plunge headlong into the nonpartisan race for Atlanta mayor has infuriated a prominent Democratic figure. Steve Labovitz sent a scathing note to party...
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